Ubuntu 10.04 HDPVR IR Blaster Issue

[lyroy]

Can someone help me setting up my HDPVR IR Blaster.

I already load lirc_zilog and it seems to have been loaded fine.

dmesg | grep lirc_zilog
[ 11.581581] lirc_zilog: Zilog/Hauppauge IR driver initializing
[ 11.587715] lirc_zilog: chip found with RX and TX
[ 11.587743] lirc_dev: lirc_register_driver: sample_rate: 0
[ 11.587802] Zilog/Hauppauge i2c IR 0-0071: firmware: requesting haup-ir-blaster.bin

I'm able to see /dev/lirc0 and my lircd is running.

But when i'm trying to setup my video source in Sage I only see two things:
Direct TV Serial...
IR Blaster (Port 0 to 9)

I cannot find anything that point to my /dev/lirc0

Do I miss something? If someone could give me a hint it will be REALLY appreciated.

Thanks

[Qusix]

You have to select IR Blaster. It refers to HD PVRs blaster. It will be on of the COMs listed. I'm not sure which one. Try them all should be one of first 3.

[lyroy]

Thanks for your reply! I already try every port from 0 to 9 and I always get the same message: Failed setting the Infrared Blaster Port... Is there something else I can test to ensure that my blaster port is properly configured?

Thank you!

[bcjenkins]

Does it work from the command line? Are you using lirc?

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[lyroy]

Yes I do use LIRC but I dont know how to test it in command line, I know that I can see a device call lirc0 but I dont know if it actually works properly.

Thanks for your help!

[bcjenkins]

you can test using irsend from the command line.

B

[Qusix]

If you are going to use an external command, you will need to use either GenericTunerPlugin or ExternalCommandTunerPlugin to execute that command that changes the channels. I am currently using GenericTunerPlugin to change the channel via firewire. It works better with multiple cable boxes using the macrotune.

[_Demo_]

You shouldn't load the lirc driver if you want to use the blaster directly from SageTV. The com port should match the i2c bus number.

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[lyroy]

Ok now I can confirm that my LIC driver is working properly I can control my cable box from the HDPVR blaster. The problem is Sage still not find my lirc0.

I will try external plugin that Qusix suggest.

Thanks for your help guys!

[lyroy]

I was able to control my SA4250 with my HDPVR blaster but it really take to much time to change channels. I'm now trying to setup firewire to change channels.

I'm using the sa4250_ch.c, I've modify this script to fit my Model_Id and Vendor_Id. It seems to work properly from the command line I execute ./sa4250_ch 633 and it show that that channel have been correctly change. But on my SA4250 nothing happens it does not change the channel!

Any advice will be really appreciated!

Thank you

[lyroy]

I was able to test on my Win XP Laptop if my SA4250HD was able to support Firewire channel changing. After a couple of minutes I was able to change channels with the channel.exe command. I now know that it is really an issue with the sa4250_ch script.

I was able to test a script called sa_control that produce a better result on my Ubuntu 10.04. The script seems to change channels but it goes to fast... My SA4250 LCD Panel shows this when I try to get the 602 channel...
6
02
02
02

Does someone can point me in the right direction please?

Thank you

[_Demo_]

The latest SageTV 7 beta version includes the Firewire tuning plugin. We have tested it on SA4250HD. It uses the channel change command which avoids the multiple digit issues.

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[Qusix]

I have a 4250 and a 3250 cable box. The 3250 worked perfectly with sa_4250. I had to modify the sa_4250 code in order to get 4250 to work.

See the link below. I had to add a key_press and key_release in order to get it to work.

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=712789 (post by bml137)


Other Links I used when setting up firewire turning

Program for Powering on the Cable Box
http://knoppmyth.net/phpBB2/viewtopi...88f1708031b2b4

Update sa_4250 code for tuning multiple boxes.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=756508